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why do you love books so much?’ “And I said, ‘Well, I don’t know.’” She’s animated, almost girlish now: “‘I suppose I love them because they’re quiet, and I can take them to the park.’”
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
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“Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“I do not miss childhood, but I miss the way I took pleasure in small things, even as greater things crumbled. I could not control the world I was in, could not walk away from things or people or moments that hurt, but I took joy in the things that made me happy.”
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
― The Ocean at the End of the Lane
“I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
― The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
Charmaine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Charmaine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,118 books
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3 friends
252 books
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5 friends
347 books
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17 friends
496 books
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47 friends
800 books
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40 friends
619 books
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15 friends
1,005 books
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42 friends
50 books
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1,601 friends
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